The age of the union baron and statism is back? Hardly. Mainstream business is fairly relaxed about Labour’s approach
Sixty years ago when Harold Wilson spoke of harnessing the “white heat” of technology to remake Britain, he warned there was no room for “restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry” in his scientific revolution.
As a disciple of Wilson, who readily peppers his speeches with Wilsonian references, Keir Starmer will know the longest-serving Labour prime minister of the 20th century was referring to luddite bosses and militant trade unions. To get Britain moving both needed addressing.
